PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad
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PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad are a Pakistan
i football club who play in the Pakistan Premier League
. They are based in Faisalabad
. Originally known as PMC FC for its association with Punjab Medical College
, the name was changed to current after the club had a 50% share takeover by Zenith Sports in July 2008 before the start of the Pakistan Premier League 2008-09 season.
Previously the club had survived relegation in its debut season in Pakistan Premier League
. It had won promotion from PFF League 2007.
However, they found life difficult in the Pakistan Premier League in which they suffered heavy defeats. In their first 10 games they only picked up one point, but a 2-0 home win against the equally struggling Wohaib FC
gave the team its first win the PPL. The team still struggled until the second half of the season where they improved to the point they closed in on 13th placed Pakistan Railways and safety. On the final fixture of the season, they needed to win against Pakistan Navy, having a game in hand over Railwaymen. PMC FC beat Navy 2-1 at home, allowing them to stay in the PPL for another season.
Between the end of the 2007/08 season and the start of the 2008 season saw great change at the club. A group called Zenith Sports took a 50% stake in the club. Zenith Sports at earlier planned to start a club in the Geo Super league, but with the league cancelled, they decided to invest in a PPL club instead. The owners and supporter of the group are seen at the FootballPakistan.com forum, where they discuss football, and formulate ways to help the sport in Pakistan. It was here were initial ideas to run a football club started.
They renamed the club PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad, a name heavily influenced by Spanish football. The new name and background changes failed to improve the clubs fortunes. After a good start, Athletico faltered and quickly found themselves hovering around the relegation zone. Their fortunes changes in the second half of the season, and they clawed their way up the table they ended the season 7th as one the most inform teams of the league.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i football club who play in the Pakistan Premier League
Pakistan Premier League
The Pakistan Premier League is the first division of Pakistani football. It was established in 2004, in place of the National Championship by the Pakistan Football Federation.-Origins:...
. They are based in Faisalabad
Faisalabad
Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...
. Originally known as PMC FC for its association with Punjab Medical College
Punjab Medical College
Punjab Medical College is located in Faisalabad, Pakistan, on a campus Located on Sargodha road. It was established in 1973. Teaching hospitals affiliated with the college are Allied Hospital and District Headquarters Hospital Hospital. The principal of PMC is Dr Riaz Hussain Dabb who is Head...
, the name was changed to current after the club had a 50% share takeover by Zenith Sports in July 2008 before the start of the Pakistan Premier League 2008-09 season.
Previously the club had survived relegation in its debut season in Pakistan Premier League
Pakistan Premier League
The Pakistan Premier League is the first division of Pakistani football. It was established in 2004, in place of the National Championship by the Pakistan Football Federation.-Origins:...
. It had won promotion from PFF League 2007.
History
The club was founded in Faisalabad as an independent team. They teamed up with Punjab Medical College, making use of their home stadium and becoming Punjab Medical College Football Club or PMC FC for short. They were largely anonymous in Pakistan club football until they won promotion from the PFF League in 2007.However, they found life difficult in the Pakistan Premier League in which they suffered heavy defeats. In their first 10 games they only picked up one point, but a 2-0 home win against the equally struggling Wohaib FC
Wohaib FC
Hafiz Wohaib Butt Memorial Football Club or simply Wohaib FC are a football club playing in the Pakistan Premier League. The club is based in the city of Lahore....
gave the team its first win the PPL. The team still struggled until the second half of the season where they improved to the point they closed in on 13th placed Pakistan Railways and safety. On the final fixture of the season, they needed to win against Pakistan Navy, having a game in hand over Railwaymen. PMC FC beat Navy 2-1 at home, allowing them to stay in the PPL for another season.
Between the end of the 2007/08 season and the start of the 2008 season saw great change at the club. A group called Zenith Sports took a 50% stake in the club. Zenith Sports at earlier planned to start a club in the Geo Super league, but with the league cancelled, they decided to invest in a PPL club instead. The owners and supporter of the group are seen at the FootballPakistan.com forum, where they discuss football, and formulate ways to help the sport in Pakistan. It was here were initial ideas to run a football club started.
They renamed the club PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad, a name heavily influenced by Spanish football. The new name and background changes failed to improve the clubs fortunes. After a good start, Athletico faltered and quickly found themselves hovering around the relegation zone. Their fortunes changes in the second half of the season, and they clawed their way up the table they ended the season 7th as one the most inform teams of the league.